Paper-cabinet.



F. H. HOBERG.

PAPER CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED APR.2 1914. L154fi32. Patented Sept. 28, 1915.

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COLUMBIA PLANOUIIAPH CO" WASHlhJ'lON. D. c.

F. H. HOBERG.

PAPER CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED APR.Z.1914.

1,154,632. Patented Sept. 28, 1915.

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FRANK H; HOBERG, 0F GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN.

PAPER-CABINET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 28, 1915.

Application filed April 2, 1914. Serial No. 828,959.

To all wfwm it may concern Be it known that I, FRANKH. HOBERG, a citizenof the United States, residing at Green Bay, county of Brown, and Stateof Wisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements inPaper-Cabinets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in cabinets for rolled strips ofpaper such as toilet paper, toweling, etc., said rolls of paper beingpartially severed at the top side of the package to facilitate thewithdrawal of the paper from the cabinet in successive sheets.

The object of my invention is to provide means whereby the withdrawal ofa sheet will automatically set in motion mechanical devices for exertingfriction upon the second sheet to start the same and facilitateitswithdrawal following the withdrawalof the first sheet, all the sheets inthe package being thus capable of successive withdrawal.

In the drawings-Figure 1 is a sectional view of a cabinet embodying myinvention drawn transversely to the package and showing the package andthe sheet discharging rollers in position. Fig. 2 is a similar view withtherollers and package removed. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional viewdrawn on line ww of Fig. 1, showing the rollers and package in plan.Fig. A is a vertical sectional view, drawn to a plane exposing the shaft9 and roller Gr, andalso cutting the paper package through the corethereof.

Like parts are identified by the same reference characters throughoutthe several views.

A wall plate A is provided with end plates A, which constitute flangesprojecting outwardly from the wall plate. A cover plate B is hinged tothe flanges A at or near their lower outer corners. The cover plate B iselbowed at b and the upper portion B forms a cap plate which may beprovided with a spring latch Cadapted toengage 'a. catch C on the wallplate. The latch C may be manually retracted by a push button Z), whichprojects through the cap B, whereby the cap may be disengaged andpermitted to swingupon the hinge pins a to open position. The plates B,B, back wall A and end walls A constitute a cabinet open at the bottom.

The package D is oval in form, the pa er being woundupon a paste boardcore D of ordinary type except that one wall of the core is slitted toreceive a flat supporting bar (Z, whereby the core and package may besupported from the end walls of the cabinet, said end walls beingprovided with tilting package holders a, provided with sockets d adaptedto receive the ends of the core supporting bar cl. The package holders aare each pivoted to the end of the casing at a, preferably underneaththe socket cl and the outer portion cZ of the package holder is madesuliiciently heavy to cause said holder totilt forwardly by gravity asindicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 2, when'the cover plate B is swungto open position. But when the cover plate B is closed, it strikes theouter margin of the part a of the package holder and tilts the packageholder to a position with the plate (Z occupying a vertical plane, thesocket CZ being then ina vertical position. The part a performs thedouble function of supporting the holder in its normal position from thecover plate B and of tilting the holder when the cover plate is open.When the package holders are tilted, the package may easily be inserted,since the ends of the bar d project from the respective ends of thepackage and slip easily into the then inclined sockets cl.

At one end the bar d is provided with an upwardly projecting arm clwhich enters a slit e ,in the end of the paper package, whereby thepackage is securely held against any tendency to rotate.

The package of paper is cut inwardly from each end along the top of thepackage to form slits E. Another slit F is cut in the central portion ofthe package along a line parallel with the slits E but ofiset therefrom,leaving the side portions of the package connected at f, the packagebeing otherwise divided into a series of superposed sheets, each sheetbeing connected with the next by narrow tongues at 7 extending be tweenthe extremities of the slit f and the re- 7 spective slits E. A startingroller G having a frictional peripheral surface is mounted above thepackage in a position to bear upon the paper between the innerextremiparallel with the slit F and adjacent to said i ties of therespective slits E along a line 1 end of the shaft 9 extends through ahole.

in a similar plate H loosely mounted on the interior surface of theopposing end wall of the cabinet, but this end of the shaft 'g alsoextends through a slot'g (Fig. 2) of the cabinet wall and is providedwith an ex terior knob I. The sidemarginsofthe slot 9 are preferablyprovided with outwardly projecting flanges I afiording bearings for thisend of the shaftg. The roller G and shaft 9 are supported from thepackage of paper when the package is in position, the

roller G resting upon the upper surface of the package. The plates H"and H are additionally connected with the end Walls of" ing journaled inthese plates. This roller J lines or across the tongues at f.

bears upon the surface of the package near the top and at its innerside, as clearly shown in Fig. 1. The shafts g and J are connected witheach other by gear wheels K and K, one set of these gear wheels beinglocated near each end of the cabinet. .In Fig. 8 a series of threerollers J is illustrated upon the shaft J. .It is of course immaterialwhether these rollers are continuous'o'r whether they constitute aseries of short rollers, as shown in Fig. 3. The plates H, T beingsimply guided by the end Walls of the cabinet within the range of move.ment permitted by the slots h and 9, it is obvious that both rollerswill exert a pressure by. gravity upon the surface of the package. Thepackage being in position and the initial or starting sheet having ahanging free end, as shown in Fig. 1, it is obvious that if this end ofthe sheet is grasped and pulled downwardlyflt will tear away from thesecond sheet alo'n-gthe dotted A th initial sheet moves downwardly afterthus tearing away from the second sheet, the roller or rollers J will berotated inthe direction indicated by the arrows thereon in Fig. 1.'The'motion of this roller or of the rollers J will be transmitttedthrough the gear wheel's K and K to the starting roller G. This startingroller will'thus be-revolved in the direction indicated by the arrowthereon'in Fig. 1 and will cause the upper detached endof the secondsheet to move forwardly away from the line of severance orslits E and'F, thus insuringthatthis de= tached end will drop by gravity an'ol'hangbelow a cabinet and belowthe package in the same manner that the initialsheet is illustrated hanging" in Fig. ,1. The with.-

I drawal of this second sheet will of course againactuate the roller Jand again transmit motion toroller G" to start the third sheet in-thesame manner, and as the sheets 7 are successively withdrawn, the rollersmove downwardly and continue to, bear upon the surface of the remainingportion of the package. a 1

I claim 7 V 1., The combination with a cabinet open at the bottom andadapted to receive and support an oval'rolled package of paper, of aset'of parallelrollers located in the upper portion of'said cabinetandadapted for vertical movement therein, one of said rollers being locatedina position to bear upon the top of'a paper package supported in saidcabinet and the other roller being in a position to'rbear upon saidpackage nearthe top, and means for transmitting motion from one of saidrollers to the other.

2. The combination with a cabinet open at the bottom and adaptedtoreceive and support an'oval rolled package of paper,

of a set of parallel rollers located in the upper portion of saidcabinet and adapted for vertical movement therein, one of said rollers'beingvlocated in a position to bear upon theftopof'a paperpackagesupported in said cabinet and the other roller being in apositi'ontobearuponsaid package near the top, and means for transmitting motionfrom one of said rollers to the other, together with means for actuatingone of said rollers from the exterior of the cabinet. 7

'3. The combination with a paper cabinet, adapted to receive and supportan oval package of paper therein, which comprises a continuous strippartially severe-d at the.

top of the package, by slits substantially parallel withbut offset fromeachother, a

roller mounted in said cabinet and adapted to bear progressivelyupon thetop of the package and upon the outer sheet thereof in space between theofiset 'slits, another roller in motion, transmitting connection withthe first mentioned roller and adapted to bear upon the opposite endportion of theouter sheet-from that upon which the first mentionedroller bears, substantially as described.

- 4. The combination with an inclosing cabinet provided with avertically movable rotary starting roller adapted to bear upon rollerand adapted to bear upon-the package .7

on theopposite side of said oifset' slit.

5. The combination with a cabinet adapted to receive oval paperpackages, of a set of plates loosely mounted and adapted other end ofthe sheet downwardly on the opposite side of the package when saidrollers are rotated.

6. The combination with a cabinet adapted to receive oval paperpackages, of a set or. plates loosely mounted and adapted to slidevertically upon the interior faces of the end walls of said cabinet, aset of rollers journaled in said plates and adapted to bear upon apackage of paper within the cabinet adjacent to the top of the package,motion transmitting connections between said rollers adapted for rollerrotation in opposite directions, whereby one of said rollers willactuate the end of a sheet on the package downwardly on one side thereofand the other of said rollers will actuate the other end of the sheetdownwardly on the opposite side of the package when said rollers arerotated, one of said rollers being adapted to be actuated by thefriction of a withdrawing sheet and the other of said rollers beingadapted to be actuated manually from the exterior of the cabinet.

7. The combination with the end walls of a paper cabinet, of a pair offiat plates constituting package holding members, each pivoted at itslower end to one end wall and provided with a socket extendingdownwardly in its upper margin, said members in front of said slots,having forwardly projecting portions and being adapted to automaticallytilt forwardly by gravity when the cabinet is opened; and said cabinethaving a door adapted when closed, to support said members in packageholding position, substantially as described.

8. The combination with a paper holding cabinet provided with a door, ofa pair of package holding members pivotally mounted within the cabinetat the respective ends thereof, each of said package holding membersbeing provided with a socket adapted to receive a package supporting barand also provided with an arm projecting into con tact with the cabinetdoor, said arm being adapted, when the door is open, to tilt the packageholding members by gravity to an inclined position to facilitate theinsertion and removal of the packages and package supporting bars.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

FRANK H. HOBERG.

Witnesses LEVERETT 0. WHEELER, IRMA D. BREMER.

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